Charles B. Borel

Charles Bernard Borel (October 14, 1883 – March 15, 1960) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey best known for winning the 1917 Kentucky Derby.

Charles Bernard Borel
Borel in 1911
OccupationJockey
BornOctober 14, 1883
Le Locle, Switzerland
DiedMarch 15, 1960(1960-03-15) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California
Major racing wins
Futurity Stakes (1913)
Clark Handicap (1915)
Toboggan Handicap (1915)

American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1917)

Significant horses
Omar Khayyam, Pebbles

Biography

He was born in Le Locle, Switzerland on October 14, 1883.

Borel rode for prominent stable owners such as Harry Payne Whitney and James Butler. For Whitney he notably won the 1913 Futurity Stakes with Pennant, and for Butler, finished second in the 1915 Kentucky Derby aboard Pebbles. He then won the 1917 Derby with Omar Khayyam, the first foreign-bred horse to win the prestigious race.

By the mid-1930s, a retired Charles Borel made his home in Los Angeles, California where he was an exercise rider at Santa Anita Park.

He died on March 15, 1960 in Los Angeles, California.[1]

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References
  1. "Charles B. Borel". The New York Times. March 16, 1960.
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